Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to kilometers is 0.0001, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0001 kilometers:

1 dm = 0.0001 km

To convert 71.2 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 71.2 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.0001 km

71.2 dm → L_(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L_(km) = 71.2 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.00712 km

The final result is:

71.2 dm → 0.00712 km

We conclude that 71.2 decimeters is equivalent to 0.00712 kilometers:

71.2 decimeters = 0.00712 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 140.44943820225 × 71.2 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 71.2 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 140.44943820225 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-one point two decimeters is approximately zero point zero zero seven kilometers:

71.2 dm ≅ 0.007 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred forty point four four nine times seventy-one point two decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to kilometers